Cigarette-box.



S. J; GOLDBERG & A. MBNDBLSON.

' CIGARETTE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.4, 1913.

1 ,1 01,431 Patented June 23, 19M

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ATTORNEYS S.-J..GOLDBERG & A. MENDELSON.

CIGARETTE BOX. APPLICATION I'ILED 001.4, 1913.

.Pateljted June 23,1914,

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INVENT UNITED STATES PATENT orruon.

SHEPARD J. GOLDBERG AND AABON MENDELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 23, 1914.

Application fi1ed October 4, 1913. Serial No. 793,416.

rette-Box,'of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description. 7

This invention relates to cigarette boxes, and more particularly to an arrangement of holding devices along one edge of one section of the box designed to permit the cigarettes to be arranged in independent relation for withdrawing each individually.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of the above character which may be used for holding various articles, preferably similar in shape to a cigarette or approximately so, and in which a plurality of holders are attached to an edge portion of one section of a box comprising hinged sections, so that the cigarettes will be projected and will be capable of independent disposal in a position to be removed.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides more particularly in the peculiar combination and arrangement of parts which will be illustrated as a preferred embodiment in the accompany drawings and described in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette box in an open position with a plurality of holders attached to the edge portion of one section, the holders in this in stance being connected so as to move into spaced relation when the box is open; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the box with the holders in elevation, the section being taken near the bottom portion when the box is in the position shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective View of another box with the holders pivoted along one edge and with one of the holders in raised position for removing a cigarette; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the box shown in Fig. 4, the box being shown in closed position.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings the box is shown as comprising a pair of sections 5 and 6 constituting the top and bottom sections of the box which are pivoted or hinged at co-acting edge portions, as by means of a flexible strip 7 preferably of cloth, connected to the adjacent edgeportion of the top section and the bottom wall of the bottom section. Pivoted along one edge portion of one section, in the present instance at the inner edge of the bottom section,

through the instrumentality of a reinforcing strip 8, are a plurallty of cigarette holders embodying relatively stiff or cardboard sustaining and reinforcing strips 9 with tubular pockets 10 fixed thereto. These pockets are preferably of oiled paper and are closed at their lower'ends but open at their upper ends to receive the cigarettes 11 therein so that the. cigarettes will project above the upper ends of the holders. It will also be observed that the holders, by reason of the sustaining and reinforcing strips'9, will protect the cigarettes from breakage and by reason of their pivotal connection with one sec tion of the box, the cigarettes in their respective holders may be moved to such positions as to permit convenient withdrawal of the cigarettes. For this purpose the holders are connected by a continuous fabric strip or web 12 which is disposed near the respective sustaining strips 9 and the tubular members 10 of the holders, their ends being anchored to the opposed box sections as shown at 13, with suflicient portions of the connecting web between the sections to permit the latter and the cigarettes carried thereby to move into a fan shape, or more particularly, into spaced relation when the sections are open. It will also be observed that since the holders are disposed edgewise of one section, they will move compactly into the box when the latter is closed but will traverse a curved path across the box when the latter is, open.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings the box is made up of a top section 14 hinged to or formed as an integral part of a bottom section 15 so as to move with respect thereto at the top edge of the back of the bottom section. Pivoted along the front edge portion of the bottom section 15 are a plurality of holders consisting of sustaining or reinforcing strips 16, in the present instance formed by splitting or cutting the body portion 17 at spaced points in parallel relation and attaching the body portion beyond the sustaining strips or cuts so as. to secure the sustaining strlps to the bottom section of the box.

A tubular cigarette support 18 is attached to each sustaining strip, such strips also be ing of oiled paper or the like as heretofore described, and in the present instance having a re-bent edge portion 19 at the bottom and a tongue 20 at the top extended through a slot 21 in each sustaining section. this means the tongues will be readily grasped forelevating one of the holders with the cigarettes 22 mounted therein, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, so that a cigarette may be independently removed. The holders will not only retain the cigarettes against injurious contact with each other but will prevent the cigarettes from breaking or accidentally falling out of the box even when the top section may be open.

Having thus described our invention, what. we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a cigarette box comprising a bottom section and a cover section; of a plurality of individual ciga rette holders in said box and secured along the edge. portion of one section, each holder embodying a stiff rectilinear sustaining member: pivoted to said edge and a tubular pocket carried thereby, said pockets being disposed on coincident sides of the sustaining member to receive and hold the cigarettes therein.

2. A cigarette box embodying hinged top and bottom sections, a plurality of card board sustaining strips pivoted adjacent to 3 each other edgewise along the top. port on of one section, tubular h'olders'carried by the inner faces of the sustaining strips, and

means carried by the strips whereby the strips may be moved into, position for inde pendently withdrawing the cigarettes.

3. A cigarette box embodying hinged top and bottom sections, a plurality of card'- board sustaining strips pivoted adjacent to each other edgewise along the top. portion of one section, tubular holders carried by the inner faces of the. sustaining strips, and means connected to each holder formed by said strips to cause. the same to move in spaced diagonal relation when the box;- is opened.

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